"SIX BLADE KNIFE" off LP "Dire Straits" (1978)
Tabbed by: Les Gibson
Mood: laid back and in the groove.
-(7b9 means play 7th fret note, then bend up to note on 9th fret).
-(7b8b7 means play 7th fret note, bend up to 8th fret note and then back
down).
-(14b12 means bend 12th fret note up to 14th fret, THEN play the note, and
bend back down).

The song has two guitars; one playing standard chords in the background, and the other

--Verse 1 (0:33):

One blade, breaking my heart,

AmCD
One blade to tear me apart,
AmCDAmCD
Your six blade knife, do anything for you.

--Verse 2(1:06):

AmCDAmCD
You take away my mind like you take away the top of a tin,
AmCDAmCD
You come up from behind me, you lay it down cold on my skin.
AmCD
Took a stone from my soul, when I was lame,
AmCD
Just so you could make me tame,
AmCDAmCD
Yeah, you take away my mind like you take away the top of a tin.
Fill:

e

B

8xx7~

G

9xx7~

D

567

A

E

--Chorus (1:39):

DmC
I wanna be free of it babe,
GD
I don't want it no more.
DmC
I wanna be free of it now,
GD
mmmn I don't want it no more...

--Guitar solo (1:57):

e

B

11

G

57b9757

7b97b999x7

xx12b14~~~14b129

1212b1414b129129~

D

7

A

E

e

7

B

13b1210101013

771078888

88

G

1212/1411

7b957b97b97b97b9

7b9b7575x5xx7x75

D

777x7xxx77

A

E

e

7

B

785

G

xx5p444xx7b97

D

55

A

E

--Verse 3 (2:29):

AmCDAmCD
Everybody's got a knife, it can be just what you want it to be,
AmCDAmCD
A needle, a wife, something that you just can't see.
AmCD
Your six blade knife, keeps you strong,
AmCD
Yes, but it'll do me wrong
AmCDAmCD
Your six blade knife, do anything for you.